SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Quarter 1- Module 2
Analyze the Concept, Aspects and
Changes in/of Culture and Society

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 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Understanding Culture,
Society and Politics
Quarter 1- Module 32
Analyze the Concept, Aspects and
Changes in/of Culture and Society

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page No.

Overview 1

Content 1

Competencies 1

Pretest 2

Lesson 1

Activity 1 3

Activity 2 5

Activity 3 5

Activity 4 6

Activity 5 7

Lesson 2

Activity 1 8

Activity 2 9

Activity 3 10

Activity 4 11

Post Test 12

Answer Key 13

References 14

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 MODULE 2 - LESSON 2

Hi! Welcome to the last part of this module. The first

module introduced you to the world of culture and society.
It guides you in tracing the roots of culture and society, and
it provides you some detailed account on their
contributions to this fast changing world. Are you ready to
learn more?

Lesson Explain the Importance of Cultural Relativism in

Attaining Cultural Understanding.
2 (UCSP11/12DCSId-10)

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
• define cultural relativism; and
• explain the importance of cultural relativism in
attaining cultural understanding.

WHAT’S NEW
Activity 1. Complete Me

Directions: Complete the diagram by supplying the

importance of cultural relativism in attaining cultural
understanding. Write your answer on your activity
notebook.

Questions:

1. What is the importance of

cultural relativism?
2. How do you relate each of its
importance?
3. Why do you think it is important
to know cultural relativism?

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 WHAT IS IT
Was it hard to complete the diagram? To give you an idea of
what it is, read and understand the following concepts.

❖ Cultural relativism is the ability

to understand a culture on its own terms and not to
make judgments using the standards of one's
own culture.
❖ The goal of this is to promote understanding of cultural practices that are
not typically part of one's own culture.
❖ Cultural Relativism is important to anthropology and one of the things that
makes anthropology unique because it is a tool, a method for attempting to
see things from a multiplicity of viewpoints so as to better understand
them.
❖ Cultural Relativism does not mean that anything a culture does is good or
moral. This is one of the ones that confuse people.
❖ Cultural relativism teaches us that, marriage patterns are cultural options,
not objective truth.
❖ Cultural Relativism doesn’t mean that cultures can’t be compared.
There is sometimes a strange notion that there are no commonalities
between cultures.
❖ This is one of the reasons why those trained in cultural anthropology
are often great problem solvers for complex issues.

WHAT’S MORE
Activity 2. Stop and Reflect

Directions: Create a table that shows a summary of what

you have learned from the discussion above. Write your
answer in your notebook.

What Cultural Relativism is What Cultural Relativism is The importance of Cultural

not Relativism

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 WHAT I CAN DO

Activity 3. Conceptualize Me

Directions: Use the given picture to conceptualize the

importance of cultural relativism in attaining cultural
understanding.

Questions:

1. What can you say about the picture?

2. How the given words from the picture help you conceptualize the importance
of cultural relativism in attaining cultural understanding?

You have finally reached the last part of this

module. After learning and understanding the importance
of cultural relativism in attaining cultural understanding,
please share your opinion and reaction about the lesson
presented. Good luck!

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 SELF - TEST
Activity 4. Essay

Directions: Write in your activity notebook NOT MORE

THAN 200 WORDS your understanding and observation.

1. Why do you think there is a need to understand

cultural relativism in our society? Expound your
answer by providing examples.

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

The importance of understanding cultural relativism is to
know one's own culture. Understanding this perspective
of cultural relativism leads to the view that no culture is
superior than another culture and the idea that culture can be
compared in terms of law, politics, and systems has no bases
at all. The concept that a person's beliefs, values, and
practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be
judged against the criteria of another.
Cultural relativism cannot be used to evaluate other cultures based on the
ideas you believe in. An example is a country who specialized dried fried crickets for
food and you think it is weird because it is not usual in your culture.

Cultural relativism is an idea, that cultures must be examined, based on their

own context and merits, not to be seen as customs and codes of other cultures.
Cultural relativism is important in studying minority cultures, colonized cultures, and
other traditions which belongs to another culture.

Congratulations! You are now done with your

module! I hope you are able to understand and explore the
topics discussed. The principles will be used in your daily life.
Good luck on your future endeavour. See you!

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 POST TEST

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your

answer in your activity notebook.

1. It refers to all alterations affecting new traits or trait complexes and changes in a
cultures content and structure.
A. Cultural change B. Social change C. Political change D. Sociological change

2. It refers to valuable tools for exploring the past and using them to understand the
past.
A. Values B. Norms C. Artefacts D. Language

3. It is the ability to understand a culture on its own terms and not to make judgments
using the standards of one's own culture.
A. Sociological view B. Culture C. Cultural relativism D. Society

4. These are rules or expectations of behaviour and thoughts based on shared

beliefs within a specific cultural or social group.
A. Values B. Norms C. Artefacts D. Language

5. Cultural relativism teaches us that, marriage patterns are__________, not

objective truth.
A. Social option B. Political option C. Cultural option D. Socio-cultural option

6. It is a person's principles or standards of behaviour.

A. Values B. Norms C. Artefacts D. Language

7. It refers to a group or community which shares common experiences that shape

the way its members understand the world.
A. Politics B. Society C. Political Science D. Culture

8. Refers to a system of words and symbols used to communicate with other people.
A. Symbols B. Norms C. Artefacts D. Language

9. It is anything that is used to stand for something else.

A. Symbols B. Norms C. Artefacts D. Language

10. It is a variations or modifications in the patterns of social organisation of sub

groups within society.
A. Cultural change B. Social change C. Political change D. Sociological change

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 REFERENCES:
https://study.com/academy/lesson/elements-of-culture-definitions-and-ideal-real-
culture.html. Accessed May 27, 2020
https://www.compellingtruth.org/cultural -relativism.html. Accessed May
27,2020

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/culture-and-development/the-future-
we-want-the-role-of-culture/the-two-sides-of-the-coin/. Accessed June 1,2020

https://www.google.com/search?ei=1A_ZXojJMJDT-
Qbi547gCg&q=What+are+the+norms++in+culture+and+society&oq

https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/culture/cultural-competence/culture-and-
diversity/main. Accessed June 1, 2020

https://www.livescience.com/21478-what-is-culture-definition-of-culture.html
Accessed June 1, 2020.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118895078.ch20

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-cultural-relativism-important-to-the-study-of-
anthropology Accessed June 1, 2020.

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